Show Millard County Chronicle 2 Page Progress August Comments an outdoor recreation survey in the spring of this year and it gave me a good laugh They wanted me to list my top Five recreation activities 0 have 48 choices) and how often I do them and then the top five for the family and how often and then what others I would like What a laugh I couldn’t come up with 5 and at that I had to mark the times a year I probably wouldn’t be so cranky if I could afford some sort of recreation and had the time to do it didn’t have ume to fool Anyway with the survey and it made me mad every time I looked at it because it reminded me that my life has evolved to going to work and going home to the lawn weeds and dirty house I received 3CL1990 Media Man! The ticky-tack- y TO THE EDITOR by Sue And since we added film processing to the business I now have another activity that takes up my time up the water on the floor Boy has my carpet cleaner had a workout No nothing leaks I just don’t have the patience to stand around waiting for the sink to fill up I find other things to do while I am waiting and inevitably forget By the lime it is discovered we arc well under water I thought after being in business 20 years life was supposed to get a little smoother and you could reward yourself with little things like going fishing I must have read the wrong manual If small business is the backbone of the nation then it has a bad case of osteoporosis takes a token ticket ticket-take- Bond election issue Dear Editor Some 17 months ago I attended a school board meeting where the building needs of our schools were discussed After 17 months of planning Superintendent Topham couldn’t answer such basic questions as "Will the new auditorium at Millard High School be air conditioned?" If you have ever attended the Miss Millard Pageant in eitlier Delta or Fillmore you know the need for air What will $14000000 conditioning the size buy us? A shop at MHS of the present shop and a band room the size of the present but adequate room band This is not an East side versus West side issue Delta needs a new elementary school let’s build it Fillmore desperately needs a new auditorium let’s build it But I question if either Delta or Fillmore need a 3000 plus seat sports arena a mini Centrum? When will the complexes ever need that many seats once every ten years when we host a regional boys basketball tournament or wrestling meet? Even with IPP the 1990 population of 2 6 the entire county is now down to counting men women and children How many taxpayers are there of the 11216 Count the empty businesses and homes in both Delta and Fillmore areas Who is going to be left to pay off the S 14 million dollar bond Each year the tax base from IPP is going down Our taxes will have to go up to offset the money lost from IPP I am for classrooms books science labs and adequate auditoriums and gyms I am not willing to give Superinblank tendent Topham a $14000000 check without knowing what I’m buying Brent C Olson Fillmore Bond election information When in the 1920 Olympics Theresa Weld of the U S became the first woman to attempt a jump in figure skating competition in the 1920 Olymfor her “unfeminine behavior" pics she was reprimanded Fillmore area Delta area by Jay T Rogers by Reed Jeffery Community calendar Motor Vehicle Schedule: Fillmore & Delta weekdays Millard County Assessor’s Office Great Basin Historical Society Museum open Monday - 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September 3 JTPA Alumni Week August 31 Bethany Bacon and Klint R Atkinson Bacon residence wedding reception 1235 West Main Delta 7:30 - 10 pm Program at 9 pm In case on inclement weather Delta lst2nd Ward 222 West 200 North September 4 Central Utah Food Sharing pm September 5 Fillmore Elementary School night 7 pm Supt Topham will speak on Bond issue Blood Pressure Clinic Delta Public 1:30 am & Health 9 pm September 7 Commodity distribution M E Bird Center pm 60 years and older September 8 Great Basin Museum Yard Sale and Quilt Raffle Mary Arm Mabey and Kelby C Swallow Wedding Open House pm Garth Swallow residence FlowelL Commodity distribution for 59 and under Central Utah Food Sharing 162 West 100 South Delta pm "Share the Harvest" distribution of garden donations Central Utah Food Sharing 62 West 100 South Delta pm September 10 American Legion Auxiliary first 7:30 pm Legion Hall meeting Fillmore September 17 Central Utah Food Sharing pm 162 West 100 South Delta Food Sharing" Schedule Central Utah Food Sharing open 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Monday (1st and 3rd of the month) 1990 Sept 4 (T ucs) (Labor Day) Sept 17 Oct 15 Nov 5 19 Dec 3 17 1991 Jan 7 22 (Tues) (Martin Luther King Jr birthday) Feb 4 19 (Tues) (Presidents Day) Mar 4 18 15 Apr May 6 20 Jum3J7 To the Citizens of Millard County As a member of the Millard County School District Capital Development Committee I wanted to personally answer some of the questions that have been raised by members of the community regarding the upcoming bond election First let me say that the committee was composed of community people school administrators teachers district staff and industry They were from all areas of district staff and industry They were from all areas of Millard County The committee was given an opportunity to hear the goal and the purpose of the committee which was to look at the existing facilities and make recommendations based upon what we saw and felt was best for the communities We toured all of the schools in the district and heard reports on of their problems with complying with state and federal guidelines Also of the growth potential of each area and its proposed growth needs Secondly I know of no one on the committee that was pressured into being quiet or felt compelled to withhold information as a result of employment Open and frank discussions were held and participated m by all members of the committee Anyone not speaking to the subject at hand have only themselves to blame Third the purpose to look at new school facilities besides the need were (A) Millard District has the lowest tax load of any district in the state (B) all debt by the district currently owed will be paid by 1999 (Q IPP’s tax structure is at its all time greatest amount Every year we wait IPP pays less Millard County citizens pay more (D) If the state equalizes school taxes uniformly across the state our tax levy will go up by 2 mills Total mill levy on the new construction will be 410’s of a mill Any money collected by the county above our own needs will be sent directly to the state if equalization is implemented If we don't use it the state will Fourth facilities needs differ from one area to another With Fillmore’s high school enrollment peaking at 400 and Delta’s at over 800 this only makes sense However the needs of the students are the same in that they need desperately these facilities Is there excess in the plans that could be cut out? Possibly but this is a board decision But with the tremendous tax base afforded the district now we may never have a chance to build these again in the future with as small of tax increase to the taxpayer For the proa posed 14 million dollar package $70000 homeowner would pay less than 40 dollars a year additional tax The committee fell that this was a small price to pay for the children of the county Keep in mind that one million dollars will be provided to the improvement of classroom tools such as computers chemistry and biology labs shop tools and equipment special texts snd other supplies to bring cur schools into the twentieth century If you do have questions on a certain portion of the proposed package contact your school board representative He is your elected representative He can carry your concerns back to the board as a body Finally I would say that there is a need to hurry in the decision Let’s take advantage of the bond market and the ability to invest the money and gain the interest from this investment (Federal statues only allow the investment of 5 million dollars of bond money per year Any investment earnings above this amount goes directly to the federal coffers) Five million dollars a year for 90 and Five million for 91 could mean almost 200000 dollars of earned interest to the school district I realize that there is concern about the spending of any tax dollars or bonding for their expenditures I share the same concerns and that is why I accepted the challenge of being on die committee It is my opinion that this is the greatest financial deal that Millard County taxpayers could ask or hope for Let’s do what is right for the kids and not allow jealousy to creep into the decision making process All our work to have IPP built here in our community and the problems and headaches that it has brought I feel like entitles us to the utilization of its tax base Please attend the meetings Hear the facts and then ask the questions I believe that you will vote in favor of the package Rex Stanworth r by Ken (tkket to write ) Rand D’jever notice when you go to the movies you give somebody usually a teenager a lot of money then they give you a ticket and then a few feet away another person usually the ticket seller’s boyfriend or girlfriend dressed up like an Iraqi army general takes the ticket you just bought from you rip it in half keeps one piece and gives you the other? Have you ever wondered just a bit why they do that? Me loo Maybe the tkket you got from the second the first person was loo big so person had to cut it in half But who decides how big a tkket should be? Is there a Movie Ticket Size Association governing these things? That doesn’t make sense Some tickets are smaller than others (none are big enough to make into a decent paper airplane) but whatever the ticket size there is always a ticket taker to tear it in half If the tkket is too big to begin with why doesn't the ticket seller just sell you half a ticket instead of using a ticket taker to tear it in half? Why not just sell you a tkket half the size of the one the ticket seller sells you that the tkket taker tears in half and just skip all that tkket tearing entirely? Maybe when the show ends the ticket takers and tkket sellers take the ticket stubs to the Ticket Stub Recycler where they get 21 cents a pound for them Still environmentalists cry out that thousands of trees must be sacrificed each year for this wasteful practice Down With Ticket Takers? some say End Tkket Abuse! others cry Economists fear ending ticket taking would unfairly burden taxpayers with all thosq ticket taken on welfare Think of die Retraining! some say Think of The Columbia School of Ticket Taking Closing it’s Doors! othen cry I don't want to discourage young readen whose ambition in life is to grow up and wear the uniform of a professional ticket taker for the nations’ movie theaten following the footsteps of such famed ex ticket taken as President Gerald Ford Sen Jake Gam Vanna White and Pete Rose but I think there’s a conspiracy here and it’s my job as s j columnist to ferret it out especially if it could mean a Pulitzer Prize I may have stumbled onto a plot as sneaky as what caps and lids the m alien of did to headache medicine sales I have enlisted the Informed Sourecr and his female sidekkk Miss Quote (“That’s ’Ms Quote’ to you buddy") to help in my investigation but I am still short of data You can help Here's ho w: Next ume you go to a movie ask the tkket taker to tear your tkket Into four pieces instead of two Note the reaction (Beware of the ticket taker with the Samurai sword) A variation on the same theme is to ask them to tear it lengthwise instead of across the middle or ask them to tear it diagonally or into complex shapes Tell the ticket laker you want your ticket tom in the shape of Madonna's profile and see what happens — After they tear the tkket in half whichever half they give you tell them they gave you the wrong half that you want the other half Especially if they have already put in into a box insist they get it out and trade it for die one they gave you Tear the ticket in half yourself before you get to the ticket taker Hide half bn each hand and insist the ticket taker guess which hand holds his half (Will the ticket tearer send you back to the ticket seller to get a whole ticket for them to tear?) - Don’t let go of the ticket Tell the tkket taker he must tear it while you hold it Wear robber gloves Sneak in a fake ticket made of steel and give it to the ticket taker Also try - - - Silly Puny putting salt and butter on a box of ticket stubs Does it taste like movie theater popcorn to you? — I also want to interview people who save tkket stubs to find out why they do it Do they stick the halves back together to make whole tickets so they can sneak into the next movie free? Do they role them up into balls like people who save string and tinfoil do? I can't pay you in cash for helping in my research but I wi II make sure you get a free pass when the movie “The Ticket Terror" comes out The pass will be pretom of course Thank you Thank you I would like to express appreciation to the many jailees and die people who through their generous donations to bail them out made the American Cancer in Delu a huge Society’s success I wish to thank the businesses with who helped sponsor the donations of refreshments services and volunteer labor Contel Delta Valley Farms The Chronicle Progress West Millard Jeep Posse Thriftway The Pizza House KjA KLGG Radio Hinckley Service KNAK Radio Sahara Motors and the Millard County Fair To the volunteers who donated their time and talents working at the booth a special thanks As judges Pete Jacobsen Chuck Stewart Jerry Knudsen and Fred Foster Aj jailers Larry Tolbert Opal Trujillo and Terri Watson As clerks Julie Hobson Pam Rummer Diane Mecham and Lana Meinhardt As arresting officers Bryce Ashby Tim DeWyze and Thorpe Waddingham A very special thanks to the committee who made it all possible and without whose help this wouldn't have been possible Jim and Leslie Rash Steve and Natasha Jewkes David and Brent and Yvonne Vicki Peterson Spencer and my wife Carol Thank you all so much Over $1700 in pledges raised was ($1200 cash) Mkhael Palmer GAS continued with other entities including Central Utah Gas or Mountain Fuel to bring costs down Sunrise Engineering spokesman Alden Robinson noted that if Millard County wanted to tap the Questar line for its own system it could share costs with Nephi from the line to Nephi thus reducing costs for both entities The county would have to act quickly tliough: Nephi plans to have a and operated system by next summer The shortest route to west Millard County from Nephi is through narrow Leamington Canyon but it isn’t the least expensive way Mountain Fuel has already studied the route They dropped it due to costs associated with mitigating impacts in the environmentally sensitive canyon Other routes into the county are believed to be more costly in part due to the amount of federal land in Millard County The Wyes or Kern River line will run through the county but the cost of tapping those lines may also be prohibitive Robinson said it would cost about $70000 to study the differences between tapping the Kem River or Wyes line versus going municipal Fillmore’s City Council rejected a recent bid by Central Utah Gas for gas franchise Keith delivery Mayor Gillin’s said the council wants to get natural gas to the city but rejected CUG in order to study other options includ ing a municipal system similar to Nephi’s plan Delta’s City Council voted to enter into an agreement with CUG to provide gas to the city County Commissioner Mike Styler said he favors some kind of system because the smaller towns cannot afford to build their own systems Participation by a large industrial customer would be vital to such a system Styler said Iniermountain Power Agency could be such a customer Styler said IPA officials are interested in getting natural gas for use at the Intermountam Power Plant near Delta While IPA has commitments to buy Utah coal natural gas could be burned with coal at IPP to enhance the efficiency of the plant's generators The meeting was attended by officials from Delta Fillmore Kanosh Meadow Leamington and Scipio as well as county officials and a representative from Central Utah Gas No action was taken Styler said another meeting with the mayors may be held but first he w ants to meet with Kem River and Wyeal officials to see if they would reduce costs of tapping their lines to Millard County communities A concept is stronger Charlotte than a fact’ Gilman - Jene and Floyd Brad field ing wood in a wagon from Black Mountain helping to milk by hand the 20 head of cows the family owned and riding the stacker horse to put up the hay He attended nine yean of grade school in school Leamington in the old house which at fint had no inside plumbing After the ninth grade the students were bused to Delta School The bus was cold in the winter and often got stuck in the mud and snow Floyd has had quite a few different jobs As a young man he worked for other fanners here in town and on the McIntyre Ranch He worked at the Chaffin Rock Quarry east of town For five years he worked on railroad gangs snd traveled from Los Angeles to Tintic Junction He also sheared sheep at Rocky Ford using blades Floyd was drafted into the army March 25 1941 and served years When Floyd returned from the service he again went to work for a time at the Chaffin Rock Quarry Later he leased land from McIntyres besides helping on his father’s farm In later years he also worked as a guard at the Cement Plant and Brush Wellman Floyd met Jene Robison when he went to Fillmore to sign up his farm in the government program They were married May 20 1948 in the Manti Temple and have lived in Leamington ever since They are the parents of five children two of them deceased Vktor and Deanne live in Moab Daniel and Ruth Ann live here in Leamington and Mont and Lisa live in LynndyL The Bradfields have 10 grand children Floyd has held many church and civk positions He has been councilor in the Sunday School President of the YMMIA Ward Historian assistant scout master President of the Leamington Veterans w atom aster mayor president of the Leamington Irrigation Company member of the county ASC Committee member of the Senior Citizens Committee and a member of the Great Basin Historical Sockty When Floyd and Jene were first married they lived in a little house on a farm that Floyd had purchased when he was in the army Due to lack of modern conveniences this house was often referred to as having four rooms and a patlt Their first two children were born while they lived there Later they bought an older brick home from John and Lydia Evans close to the center of town where they have lived for more than 33 years They also bought Floyd’s father’s farm which they have operated for about 30 years Floyd has always been interested in local histories snd pictures and has collected them from every available source For more than 40 years he has been interviewing the older people so he can learn as much as possible about the early days in our community When the Upe recorder came into use it made it much easier to record the information He has written many articles using the interesting stories and facts he has come across over the years The Bradficld home almost needs an extra room to hold all the albums books pictures and records Floyd has attended every Leamarado Day Celebration since the World War II servicemen returned home In the many years while he was president of the Leamington Veterans he had a great deal of responsibility in seeing that the events of the day were a success It needs to be said that none of these celebrations could have been held if it had not been for the united efforts of the Leamington Veterans and townspeople and their time spent and their willingness to serve Although the earlier celebrations differed in many ways from the ones we have now they still take a lot of work cooperation planning and manpower to get things accomplished Everyone is invited to attend our Leamarado Celebration this coming Labor Day The program Harts at 10 3D am Dinner is at 2:30 un followed by children's sports at 2 pan then the rodeo at 3 pm A youth dance win be held Saturday night Sept in the Leamington Town Hall from 7 pm until midnight Heart Association AaTiCiiCOn |